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William Wallace Smith Bliss (August 17, 1815 – August 5, 1853) was a United States Army officer and mathematics professor. A gifted mathematician, he taught at West Point and also served as a line officer.
William Wallace Smith Bliss. Birth Date: 1815-08-17. Death Date: 1853-08-05. Topics: Siege of Fort Brown, Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, Buena Vista/la Angostura. Gender: Male. Nationality: U.S.
Col William Wallace Smith Bliss. Born 17 Aug 1815 in Whitehall, New York. Ancestors. Son of John Bliss and Olive Hall (Simons) Bliss. [sibling (s) unknown] Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Taylor) Dandridge — married 1848 [location unknown] Died 4 Aug 1853 at age 37 in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
When William Wallace Smith Bliss was born on 17 August 1815, in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, his father, John W Bliss, was 29 and his mother, Olive Hall Simonds, was 23. He married Mary Elizabeth Taylor on 6 December 1848, in Connecticut, United States.
Fort Bliss was named for Col. William Wallace Smith Bliss in January 1854, and when the National Cemetery was dedicated March 17, 1940, it also carried his name. Bliss, who died of yellow fever...
3 de jun. de 2024 · The fort's name was officially changed to Fort Bliss on March 8, 1954, in memory of Lieutenant Colonel William Wallace Smith Bliss, a Mexican War veteran and son-in-law of Zachary Taylor, General and President. By the late 1850s, 11 posts existed along the Rio Grande, from San Elizario to Santa Fe.
3 de oct. de 2019 · On March 8, 1854, the official name of the post became Fort Bliss, in memory of Lt. Col. William Wallace Smith Bliss, Gen. Zachary Taylor's chief of staff during the Mexican War and later his son-in-law.
